Dynasty Coal Inc · Accident type, without injuries
CUT INTO OLD WORKS FLOODED SECTION.
Cub Branch: 14 reportable incidents Coal
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Florida Progress Corporation
Pikeville,
Pike County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1512875
MSHA record for Cub Branch (mine ID 1512875). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 14
- Years on record
- 1987–1993
- Latest incident
- Mar 1993
Ownership history
- Transcontinental Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1985
- Amber Coal Company Inc 1985 to 1989
- Somerset Coal Company 1988 to 1989
- Danmar Coal Company 1989 to 1991
- Sarah Ashley Mining Company Inc 1991 to 1992
- Dynasty Coal Inc 1992 to 1995
- Letcher County Coal Inc 1995 to 1996
- Kentucky May Coal Company Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Cub Branch sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
14 on file1993 · 1 incident
1990 · 4 incidents
May 14, 1990
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Danmar Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
BACK HURT WHILE SHOVELING
May 9, 1990
KY · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Danmar Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
IN ATTEMPTING TO ROLL (2) ROCKS IN THE BUCKET OF TRACK LOADER HIS #1 FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROCKS.
Danmar Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
HE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE AND STRAINED LOWER STOMACH (AREADY BEFORE EMPLOYEE HAD A HERNIA OPERATION).
Danmar Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
HE WAS LIFTING ROCK DUST STRAINED LOWER STOMACH AREA.
1989 · 3 incidents
December 17, 1989
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Danmar Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPL CLAIMED ON 12/21/89 THAT HE WAS INJURED ON 12/17 BY LIFTING IMPELLER OFF PUMP.
October 6, 1989
KY · Coal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
ELECTRICAL
Danmar Coal Company · Flash burns (electric)
FLASH BURN TO EYES BY BREAKER FLASH THAT WAS PUT IN UNDER LOAD.
Somerset Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
INJURED WAS BACKING UP CUTTER TURNING RIGHT CORNER INJURED GOT TOO CLOSE TO RIB & CAUGHT FOOT BETWEEN CUTER & RIB.
1988 · 4 incidents
Amber Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
A ROCK FALL OUTBY ACTIVE SECTION ON AN OFF SHIFT (ON SUNDAY) IN #5 AND #7 ENTRIES IN AN AREA WHERE BAD TOP WAS OBSERVED. THIS AREA HAS BEEN TIMBERED OFF.
Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE LOADER WHEN A ROCK CAME INSIDE THE CANOPY OVER THE CONTROLS.
March 21, 1988
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Amber Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WALKING ACROSS SECTION STEPPED IN A HOLE
March 3, 1988
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EMP WASL AYING BLOCK, ANOTHE REMP WAS REACHING HIM A BLOCK WHEN IT BROKE AND FELL ON HIS FOOT
1987 · 2 incidents
December 3, 1987
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Amber Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
USING A CUTTING3TORCH. WHILE ADJUSTING THE TORCH THE OXYGEN HOSE BURST.
Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
RAN OVER ROCK I3 ROADWAY WITH SCOOP AND JOLTED BACK.